I’ve been kicking this post idea around in my head almost a year, ever since I sat in front of a computer working on a fan site wondering if I’d gone mental. Adding to the surreality was working at a glass desk over the shallows of the Indian ocean — hardly normal for me. Backing […]

So, Google had been annoying me with the “Do you want to link this YouTube account to your real name?” crap for eons. It was like a bad date who wouldn’t take the word “no” seriously, you know? Usually, I’d log out of YouTube, then reload the damn page to watch the video. As my […]

Best related work: Fic by Anne Jamison, a history of fanfiction. Best fan artist: Randall Munroe. Last cartoon of the year is 1311 and first of 2013 was 1155 (thank you @xkcdfeed). Three of note: 1158 (it’s all about physics), 1167 (Star Trek Into Darkness), 1177 (Time Robot). For those who feel he isn’t eligible, […]

Oh, God, I’ve waited for this one, and I hope to see it sometime this first week. My favorite screenwriter and one of my favorite directors got together to make a film. The writer of Heathers. The director of Mean Girls. They are brothers. Working together at last. I’m talking: Vampire Academy. Mini-review I just […]

I’m surprised that I feel such a loss at his death. He wasn’t my favorite actor. I like to call him: my favorite actor whose choices I mostly hated and mostly couldn’t watch. That’s because I strongly prefer comedy to drama and he clearly went the other way on that scale. Sometimes I would watch […]

I’ve been fascinated with the unfolding narrative about casting 50 Shades of Grey and the fallout from Charlie Huunam (pictured) deciding against the role. I find it far more interesting to read the discussions because neither the book holds any interest (especially after reading Jenny Trout’s recaps/teardowns here and especially this link about abusive relationships) […]

20 Feet From Stardom is an awesome documentary about backup singers and their trials and tribulations. It has some awesome interviews, awesome footage, and, well, if you needed to think Phil Spector was any more of a bastard than you already thought, this film will provide you with a different kind of rage. There are […]

There are a number of examples of creeping in “romantic” films, and by creeping, I mean men who do not listen to what women say, taking no to mean yes. It’s the Schrodinger’s Rapist problem. In a nutshell, a man who doesn’t listen to what you communicate, verbally or otherwise, is unlikely to listen in […]

First up, Now You See Me, which can be described as a mashup between The Prestige and The Bank Job with Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg as Robin Hood. Seriously, if they nail this, it has the potential to go on my top 10 favorite movies of all time. Second, a Zombie romcom, Warm Bodies. The […]

Rick and I saw the new Three Musketeers movie tonight. Unlike other versions, this one’s actually SF. It’s not a great movie, granted, but it was an awful lot of fun. Rick opined that Dumas would have loved it. The acting rarely rose above adequate, but Milla Jovovich was a nice surprise: her skill’s improved […]